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Have You Heard About... Escape from the Land of Snows
… the hardships endured by the Dalai Llama and Tibet? Being a big fan of the Dalai Lama, when I saw Escape from the Land of Snows, by Stephan Talty, on the new book shelf, it didn’t take long to snatch...
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Have You Heard About... My Lucky Life
… acclaimed actor Dick Van Dyke? You can read all about him in his new memoir, My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business. Simply and to the point, Dick Van Dyke writes like he talks. Yes, he was...
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Have You Heard About... The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
…Vinnie Bump? In Melanie Benjamin’sThe Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb you’ll find out how the amazing Mercy Lavinia ‘Vinnie’ Warren Bump came to knock the Civil War off the front pages of the...
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Have You Heard About... The Garner Files
… Maverick or The Rockford Files? Actor James Garner, with Jon Winokur, wrote The Garner Files, the long awaited biography on everyone’s favorite actor.The book starts out a little slowly with his...
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Have You Heard About... My Mother Was Nuts
… Laverne DeFazio from TV’s Laverne & Shirley? In the new biography, My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall, you get a quirky look at Penny Marshall as she struggled to grow up in what she considered...
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Have You Heard About... Unsinkable
… Princess Leia’s mother? She’s an actress, singer, comedienne, dancer, author and “America’s Sweetheart.” If you guessed Debbie Reynolds, then you won’t want to miss reading Unsinkable: A Memoir.This...
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Have You Heard About... Proof of Heaven
… one man’s experience with life after death? Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander, M.D., has the whole story. These kinds of books always get me hooked and I...
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Have You Heard About... Hello Goodbye Hello
… when Rudyard Kipling met Mark Twain? In Hello Goodbye Hello, Craig Brown shares brief accounts of meetings between two famous or historically-important people. Each entry is just a few pages long and...
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Have You Heard About... Bossypants
… the awesomeness that is Tina Fey? Before I read Bossypants, I knew Tina Fey as the Sarah Palin impersonator from Saturday Night Live, the math teacher from Mean Girls, and that one character from 30...
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Have You Heard About... My Age of Anxiety
… the brave and honest memoir that takes an unflinching look at anxiety disorders? In My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel, the author constructs a story that is part memoir/part scientific and...
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